Playing card holder



Oct. 27, 1931. i w. GIVONE ET AL 1,828,735

PLAYING CARD HOLDER Filed July 8, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 avwmbozs, m'zzwm 6am" 1,

Oct. 27, 1931. w. GIVONE ET AL 1,828,735

' PLAYING CARD HOLDER Filed July 8, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 III l lmll l atented Oct. 27, 1931 WILLIAM memes a iesin I re i This-invention has for its rob-j e'ct to pro.- v-i-d e a'holderfor playingcards or tl'ledllkelll w-h-ichithe player can conveniently place his *eards andhave them "held'securely; and yet "i soas'to be'easily withdrawable therefrom and uniformly spaced- 'vention wefelnploy -:a series of stiff laminated leaves-0 f preferably conformingjshapeand pivoted together thatwhe n the ser es 1s extended fan-fashion'th'e cards may befitted betweenthe leaves; the seriesha-un I gages for the gaging off-the. cards in oirset 'or ian-like "arrangement Further, in the preferred construction the series of leaves idhasa series ofstops, in one form i -orth consisting of a flexible device threa through them and in two other forms con.-

sisting of abutting portions formed onRthe .-1; a 1 v the drawings, 4 Figs; 1 to 5 illustrate. firstforrn; i w -;Fig. 1 being a, 1 front elevation; with the cards in place;

the invention in Fig. 2 a rear elevation with the. cards ref more ,' detached, the stops for separated;

Figs. 14 a I a section on line 15-715, Fig. 11 and Fig. 16 showing a spacer for this form. The leaves may be formed I still sheet material, as sheet celluloid. l Their form is not particularly material-excepting that they are preferably elongated and have their pivoting ends' narrower than their free ends.

In carrying out the inherein set 1.

a fro nt elevation-Iof one of the -1ea s;; 4' a section onli'ne 4 -41, Fig. 1 ;a'nd

Figs. 12 and 13 viewsof two'of its leaves;

nd- 15 being a radial section and of any suitable partrivet, one part 2 of which isdriven with gaisnug'telescopic fit into theother 3;ther-heads I v of therivet holding the leaves, :andiwashers fairly tightly together- The leaves have at their free'ends projecting tabs 5 all bent olf leaves l ar-e; pivoted on a studwhich, as shown in Fighhg-isatwo- I Torspacersillalternating'with the1n,clamped in the'same-direction out of the respective ana a the leaves and .these formgages agaihstiwhichthe edgesyof the cards 6 in .serted between the leaves ma'ybe. made bythe player to abut. F ach'ileat is. liinitedto 5 "back and forth fmovement laround the" pivot their holes is extended liacord or other flexib le device {8 in such rha nner that the cord l is rebentin'passing from one holelt'o the-other ni ea'chz leaf, such rebendpreventing slippage ."Ofzth-e cordiin' the leaf {the portions of the cord I i I linking the leaves together are'i'allo f equal lengt-h; towit', so that there. will be no. slack oth'e'r, with said: portions then of course; bent portions; when I the series is iuiiy extended, :eause :all the leaves to. be. offset with 1 respect to each otherzequal distances;;and 'inth'etcol l I -:lap sing operation ;-they: li1nit: the collapsing movement to thatlarrangement in whichgthe leaves are all squarelysuperimposed on each 9 other; Of coursethe tabs or gages Lares. all placed-Lin :thesame relative positions on the definite distance relatively to :its neighbor thus z-The leaves all.havea pair ofholes/7 7 arranged the-same distance vfrom the .corre-. .spondingrside edges of the leaves andthrolugh V i d L) therein'when the seriesof leaves isfullycollapsedandsquarely superimposed on each- I aroundtheir edges Therebyitheselinking I ;lea ves so that with. the leaves, when the series -is extend -tabsj-will be;also equallyaolfset;' 1 II I ZFIn' Figs. 2 and?) theileaves areshowniwith portions la @pressed; out of their planes and I acting to augmentithe gripjofthe leaves on thecards. l I In" Figs.

16 to leaves and tabs i 10 may be substantially thesame as already 1.; described'; but adifierentineans for limit-e ing their extending andeollaps'ing movement I l of thejleaves is shown. Eaeh leafhas -its'pivl I l mu portion in' efiect' thickened andiormed r Ztion forming the obtuse shoulder of the next. adjoining leaf. Consequently any one leaf ositely. In the series, the thickened portion orming the straight shoulder of any one leaf is in the same plane with the thickened p0rcan move pivotally relatively to the other the limited distance represented by the dotted angle a in Fig. 7. The thickened shoulderforming portions may be provided as shown by gluing pieces 13 of sheet material to the leaves.

Figs. 11 to 16: Here the leaves 14: and tabs 15 are again the same except for the means for limiting the pivotal movement of the leaves. Each leaf in anarc concentric with its pivot has a single lug 16 projecting from one face thereof and a pair of lugs 17, spaced greater than the width of lug l6, projecting .from its other face; these may be produced by pressing out the material of the leaf. The leaves are assembled so that the single lug the two lugs. here the lugs are formed by apressure operation it is obvious that With out spacing means a single lug would catch in'the opening, as 18, formed by the single lug of the neighboring leaf. Hence it is preferable to provide a spacer or washer l9 having an arcuate slot 20 receiving the lugs of both leaves and which prevents this but leaves. a single lug of one leaf in the plane of and'thus adapted to coact with the two lugs of the next leaf to limitthe pivotal movement of the leaves. 1

Having thus fully described our invention what we claim is:

1. A device for holding cards or the like comprising a laminated series of leaves to re ceive the cards between them and pivoted together so that eachleaf is movable independently of the othersin itsovvn plane, said series having a series of means to limit the pivotal movement of the'leaves, each with respect to the neighboring leaf, in the directionto extend the series.

2. A device for holding cards or the like comprising a laminated series of leaves to re- .ceive the cards between them and pivoted together so that each leaf is movable independently of the others in its own -plane,said series having a series of means to limit the pivotal movement of-the leaves, each with respect. to

7' ceive the cardsbetween them and pivoted to gether so that each leaf is movable independently of the others in its ownplane, said se- Iries having a series of means to limit the pivtion and forming card gages, of any one leaf is on the face thereof ad]oining that face ofthe neighboring leaf having otal movement of the leaves, each with respect to the neighboring leaf, in either direction. 7

4. A device for holding cards or the like comprising a laminated series of leaves to re- "ceive the cards between them and pivoted together so that each leaf is movable independently of the others in its own plane, said series having a series of means to limit the pivotal movement of the leaves, each with respect to the. neighboring leaf, in the direction to extend the series and the leaves having card gages projecting all from the corresponding faces ofthe leaves.

5. A device for holding cards or the like comprising a laminated series of leaves to receive the cards between them and pivoted together so that each leaf is movable independ- I ently of the others in its own plane, said series having a series of means to limit the; pivotal movement of the leaves, each with" respect to the-neighboring leaf, in the direction to extend the series and the leaves having projecting tabs bent off in the same direc- 6. A device for holding cards or the like comprising a laminated series of leaves to receive the cards between them and pivoted to gether so that each leaf is movable independently of the others in its own plane, the leaves 59 having card gages projecting all from the corresponding faces of the leaves. l

7. A device, for holding cards or the like comprising a laminated series of leaves to re ceive the cards between them and pivoted toml gether so that each leaf is movable independently of the others in its own plane, the leaves having projecting tabs bent off in the same direction and forming card gages.

Intestimony whereof we .aflix our signa- 51 tures. v VVILLIAM GIVONE. HERBERT JAHN. 

